Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar Thursday mentioned he can be “more than pleased” if Nationalist Congress Social gathering (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar turns into the face of the coalition of events he’s making an attempt to place collectively to problem the ruling Bharatiya Janata Social gathering within the 2024 parliamentary elections.
The Janata Dal United chief, who snapped ties together with his long-time ally BJP final yr, was chatting with reporters in Mumbai, the place he known as on Pawar and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and invited them to Patna for a gathering of assorted leaders, whose date is but to be determined.
Each Thackeray and Pawar have favoured formation of a nationwide coalition in opposition to the BJP and agreed to attend the assembly in Patna.
Kumar was accompanied by Bihar’s deputy chief minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Tejashwi Yadav. Each the leaders first met Thackeray at his “Matoshree” residence in Bandra and later reached “Silver Oak”, Pawar’s residence on Peddar Street.
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After his assembly with Pawar, Kumar mentioned he can be more than pleased to see the NCP chief turning into the face of the opposition to problem BJP. “I shall be more than pleased if he (Sharad Pawar) turns into the opposition’s face. I advised him right now (about the identical). All of us felt dangerous when he resigned (from the put up of NCP nationwide president). Now when he’s again, I advised him you’ll have to work strongly not solely in your celebration but in addition for the nation,” the Bihar chief minister advised reporters in response to a query.
Pawar was fast so as to add that they’ve determined to work collectively as of now. “We aren’t going into who would be the face of opposition. What we all know is that the folks need all of us collectively,” mentioned the political stalwart, who has served as a union minister with key portfolios in addition to Maharashtra chief minister throughout his decades-long political profession.
Confirming concerning the assembly deliberate in Patna, Kumar mentioned, “You’ll come to know the main points when it occurs.”
The Bihar CM has been assembly leaders of assorted political events for a number of months now. He had met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and celebration chief Rahul Gandhi in Delhi final month. On Tuesday, he had met Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik in Bhubaneswar and is prone to meet a couple of extra within the coming days.
After their assembly, Pawar and Kumar additionally slammed the Narendra Modi-led BJP authorities on the Centre.
“The nation wants a viable different. If we work collectively, it would get assist from the folks,” Pawar, a former defence minister, mentioned, including that as their data, Karnataka persons are eradicating the BJP and bringing a secular authorities. “This won’t be restricted to Karnataka. The scenario is analogous in main components of the nation however to attain success, all of us should work collectively,” he mentioned.
Kumar mentioned, “These ruling on the Centre are doing nothing for the nation besides renaming locations and making an attempt to vary the historical past. It could be within the curiosity of the nation that there shouldn’t be any variations amongst communities. There shouldn’t be discrimination over caste and faith similar to Hindu and Muslim.”